Although The influence of the revival on the revival and reinforcement of Evangelicalism is generally acknowledged, its influence on the birth of Pentecostalism, especially on British Pentecostalism has not been less researched. However, some of leadi...
Although The influence of the revival on the revival and reinforcement of Evangelicalism is generally acknowledged, its influence on the birth of Pentecostalism, especially on British Pentecostalism has not been less researched. However, some of leading figures in British Pentecostalism, such as Thomas Ball Barratt and Alexander Alfred Boddy, were either directly or indirectly inspired by the revival, and believed that through it God was preparing men for the movement to come. In addition, some characteristics of the revival are paralleled in British Pentecostalism. The debate over Pentecostalism between the Pentecostals and the Evangelicals who had been connected with the revival was also important in determining the characteristics of British Pentecostalism. The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of the Welsh Revival in the formation of British Pentecostalism.
This paper tries to show that the first generation of the British Pentecostal movement emphasized the continuity between itself and the Welsh Revival in order to establish the soundness of Pentecostalism, while the Evangelicals sought to isolate the Pentecostal movement from evangelical society, considering it a heretical sect. Therefore, the writer argues that Pentecostalism could be included as part of the Evangelical awakening in the twentieth century, Evangelicals did not want the Pentecostal movement to be seen as a part of Evangelical movements.